The Murtala Muhammed International Airport Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted over $6.8 million cash from a passenger at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Hameed Ali said at a press conference in Lagos Tuesday that the cash was intercepted in a car while it was about to be loaded into an aircraft.
The money was inside a vehicle belonging to the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO).
Ali said a suspect, the driver of the vehicle and a staff of NAHCO, have been arrested in connection with the money.
“From the day we seized this money, no bank has come to claim ownership. But our investigation will reveal the mystery behind the owners,” Ali said.
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